After being elected as Aligarh MP for second-time in row, BJP-leader Satish Gautam said that his first-priority was to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah at AMU to Pakistan. "The right place for Jinnah's portrait is not at AMU, but in Pakistan. There is no-change in our stand and it will be sent by whatever means possible," said Gautam while interacting with media.

Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday mocked the Congress for eyeing the prime minister's post, but ending up with a tally which falls short to even help it get the chair of leader of the opposition. Paswan further said he had predicted victory of his ministerial colleague Smriti Irani from Amethi against Rahul Gandhi.

NOTA a ballot option that enables voters to officially register their votes of rejection for all candidates in the fray, performed better than 159 candidates out of total 229 contested from 14 parliamentary constituencies in Jharkhand. In Khunti, where BJP's Arjun Munda defeated Congress' Kali Charan Munda by 1445 votes in a thrilling contest , saw a total 21,245 votes went to NOTA option.